Observations from a Researcher with The Open University’s (OU’s) OER Research Hub, based in the OU’s Institute of Educational Technology. Reblogged from The art of OER research: Are open education models leading to more equitable access to education? The OER Research Hub (OERRH) has spent the past few months gathering evidence around this question in connection with... Read More ›

Have you ever considered some key questions about digital literacy and educators, or Digital Future in Teacher Education  ? What do we mean by Digital Literacy? What are the elements of Digital Literacy? What are the cross-cutting themes associated with Digital Literacy? What does Digital Literacy mean in schools? What does Digital Literacy mean for learners? How... Read More ›

Imagine that you can listen to famous short classical pieces performed by world-class musicians, and watch a story unfold with the melody. Imagine that you can paint to the music, or play maze games, or have illustrated characters come alive at your fingertips. Imagine that you can learn about classical music and increase your IQ... Read More ›

The story started with the picturing of the urgency of challenges in education in many parts of the world… There is sometimes a sense of paralysis at the enormity of the challenge and the apparent impossibility of managing conflicting expectations. But we need a change in direction, as suggested in the scenario painted by Edward de Bono. "Imagine... Read More ›

By Marianne Stenger, re-published with the permission of OpenColleges.edu.au This week we talked with Flipped Learning’s Jonathan Bergman; teacher, writer and educational coach who is passionate about helping educators figure out what is best for their students in their classroom. Bergmann has over 24 years of experience as a high school science teacher and in 2002 he received... Read More ›

By Andrews Tipp It’s human nature for children to learn by touch, it helps them associate words with the objects they come into contact with. Many a time you will see a toddler reaching up towards a grownups face mostly out of curiosity for what the object is that is peering down at them. With touch in... Read More ›

by Justin Marquis Ph.D., OnlineUniversities.com Radio, TV, computers, video games, the Internet, and MOOCs. As major technological innovations have occurred throughout our history they have been regularly touted as the next great thing in education. Few of them ever actually live up to the hype though, and eventually fade out of education even as their prominence in society... Read More ›

"Worldwide revenues for Game-based Learning reached $1.5 billion in 2012, according to new research by Ambient Insight called "The 2012-2017 Worldwide Game-based Learning and Simulation-based Markets." The five-year compound annual growth rate for edugame products is 8.3% and revenues will reach $2.3 billion by 2017." — Ambient Insight In the press release, Ambient Insight pointed out : Ambient Insight’s... Read More ›

(This is the 14th article of the series of learning design tips from dominKnow KnowledgeBase) It’s easy for you to work with other team members in Claro. Here are some tips on how to work together, better. If you’d like to see a video tutorial on this process, see Team collaboration in Claro:  . Invite another author to... Read More ›

by Saga Briggs, re-published with the permission of OpenColleges.edu.au Imagine a world where digital learning platforms help adult learners succeed through college completion; where a network of schools offers international-quality education, affordable tuition, and serves hundreds of thousands of children in economically disadvantaged countries; where we engage parents in understanding national trends and topics in education; where a... Read More ›